Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] input: allow using <Tab> and <Shift+Tab> to...

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 12-12-17 om 03:28 schreef David Ramsey:
> Benno Schulenberg:
> > Certainly it should.  A Shift-Tab should not start a replacing session.
>
> Okay.  I'd do this myself, but I'm not sure how it'd line up with your local
> changes to avoid the S-Lang compilation problem, since key values aren't
> #ifdefed out anywhere in convert_sequence().

None of them were, but the back tab is pretty special: nano didn't make
use of it until now.  :)

Anyway, the <Tab> changes have been pushed, so you can make any needed
additional changes now.

> You'd probably have to add another fake key value (SHIFT_TAB) to nano.h, 
> reading kcbt from the console the way you do other unusual sequences like
> Ctrl-Up.

I don't see why a SHIFT_TAB value would be needed.  We only ask ncurses
for a keycode when /usr/include/ncurses.h does not define a KEY_ symbol
for the corresponding key.

Benno